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Apple Hides Taiwan Flag in Hong Kong

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1456 points pulisse | 1 comments | 07 Oct 19 16:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.224s | source
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tibbon ◴[07 Oct 19 18:36 UTC] No.21184395[source]▶
What's it take for an engineer in the US to actually do something like this?

If my boss/product manager wanted me to do something like this, I'd be calling them out for shitty politics, and telling them they need to find a new engineer because I'd quit immediately - and likely incite others to come with me.

Maybe I have a higher sense of morality than others, but I'm no shill for China's power over Taiwan. I can use my entitlement/privilege as an engineer to say "fuck off" to anyone who wants me to do things I find immoral. Furthering the needs of a power hungry regime looking to assert dominance over others? Nope. I spend all my day working to further democracy and freedom, not to enable free thought and self-determination to be squashed.

Whoever coded this change and approved this PR, shame on you.

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georgeburdell ◴[07 Oct 19 18:48 UTC] No.21184524[source]▶
Apple is based in Cupertino, which is at least half Chinese, and is a heavily staffed with Chinese overall. You assume they have Western political sensibilities.

Edit: latest demographic data from Wiki, from 2010, says 63% Asian and 26% Chinese

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gyc ◴[07 Oct 19 19:42 UTC] No.21185121[source]▶
People from Taiwan are probably counted as Chinese in the demographics.
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1. nostrademons ◴[07 Oct 19 20:36 UTC] No.21185682[source]▶
And Cupertino is very heavily Taiwanese. Anecdotally (my wife is Taiwanese-American, grew up in Cupertino), they outnumber mainlanders. Most of the big Asian chains in Cupertino (eg. 99 Ranch, 85C, Meet Fresh, most of the restaurants in Cupertino Village) are actually Taiwanese or Taiwanese-American and have no presence in mainland China.